1120s in England

1120s in England

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Events from the 1120s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry I

Events

• 1120
  • 25 November – sinking of the White Ship in the English Channel off Barfleur. King Henry I of England's only legitimate son, William Adelin, is among 300 who drown.[1]
• 1121
  • 24 January – Henry I marries Adeliza of Louvain at Windsor Castle.[2]
  • June – Reading Abbey founded by Henry I.[3]
• 1122
• 1123
  • 18 February – William de Corbeil enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 26 August – first Bishop of Bath (Godfrey) consecrated.[2]
  • Louis VI of France supports rebels against English rule in Normandy.[2]
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital in London founded[1] by Rahere.
• 1124
  • Henry I unsuccessfully invades the Kingdom of France, having defeated rebels in Normandy.[2]
  • Christmas – moneyers punished by castration following runaway inflation.[2][4]
• 1125
  • William of Malmesbury completes his histories of England, Gesta Regum Anglorum and Gesta Pontificum Anglorum.[2]
• 1126
  • Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York declared equal.[2]
  • 25 December – Henry I asks his nobles to recognise Empress Matilda as his heir.[5]
• 1127
  • 1 January – English nobles accept Matilda as heir.[2]
• 1128
  • 17 June – Matilda marries Geoffrey Martel, heir to the Count of Anjou.[2]
  • Foundation of the first Cistercian abbey in England, at Waverley in Surrey.[6]
• 1129
  • 4 October – Henry of Blois becomes Bishop of Winchester, an office which he will hold until his death in 1171.[2]

Births

• 1125
  • Renaud de Courtenay, noble (died 1194)

Deaths

• 1120
  • 25 November – White Ship
    • William Adelin, son of Henry I (born 1103)
    • Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester, Anglo-Norman noble and soldier (born 1094)
    • Matilda FitzRoy, Countess of Perche, illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England
• 1122
  • 20 October – Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1124
  • 15 March – Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (born 1040, France)
• 1126
  • Edgar Ætheling, last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house (born 1052)
• 1128
  • 5 September – Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham
• 1129
  • January – Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester (born 1074, France)
  • Symeon of Durham, chronicler

References

1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 118–120. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
2. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
3. "Reading Abbey". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
4. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
5. "British History Timeline, Norman Britain". BBC History. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
6. "Waverley Abbey". English Heritage. Retrieved 2007-12-19.